John Roberts

John Roberts

Vice President Engineering

John is a member of the Royal Aeronautical Society and a Chartered Engineer. He also has an honours degree in mechanical engineering from Brunel University.

Since 2001, John has been the Vice President of Engineering at Messier-Dowty Ltd. Messier-Dowty Ltd is the leading supplier of landing gear systems to the world’s aircraft manufacturers. Messier-Dowty employs over 450 engineers in offices in the UK, France and Canada. John is responsible for the engineering office in the UK and for technical activity undertaken throughout the world for Airbus, their largest customer.

Before joining Messier-Dowty he worked for Airbus as the UK Chief Engineer on the A330/340 programme, and as Chief Systems Engineer. Those roles have given him first hand experience of the issues of competing in an international market where engineering talent and capability are key differentiates.